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Bluster

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Noun

1. bluster

noisy confusion and turbulence

Example Sentences:
'he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations'

2. bluster, bravado

a swaggering show of courage

3. bluster

a violent gusty wind

4. bluster, braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade

vain and empty boasting

Verb

5. bluster

blow hard; be gusty, as of wind

Example Sentences:
'A southeaster blustered onshore'
'The flames blustered'

6. blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt

show off

7. bluster, swagger, swash

act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bluster

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verb
1. 
to speak or say loudly or boastfully
2. 
to act in a bullying way
3. (tr,; foll by into)
to force or attempt to force (a person) into doing something by behaving thus
4. (intransitive)
(of the wind) to be noisy or gusty
noun
5. 
boisterous talk or action; swagger
6. 
empty threats or protests
7. 
a strong wind; gale

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bluster

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verb intransitive
1. 
to blow stormily
said of wind
2. 
to speak or conduct oneself in a noisy, swaggering, or bullying manner
verb transitive
3. 
to force by blustering; bully
4. 
to say noisily and aggressively
noun
5. 
stormy blowing or noisy commotion
6. 
noisy swaggering or bullying talk

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bluster

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v. blus·tered, blus·ter·ing, blus·ters
v.intr.
1. To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm.
2.
a. To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner.
b. To brag or make loud, empty threats.
v.tr.
To force or bully with swaggering threats.
n.
1. A violent, gusty wind.
2. Turbulence or noisy confusion.
3. Loud, arrogant speech, often full of empty threats.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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